Tying device



.I. E. GATES.

TYING DEVICE.

APPLICATION men OCT- 2. 1911.

1,360,920, Patented Nov". 30,1920.

aural" I gum- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEFFERSON E. GATES, 0F GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO A.B.

- i HARPER, 0F GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA.

' TYING :onvrcn.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 2, 1917. Serial No. 194,392.

To all whom it may concern:

citizen of the United States, residing at Gainesville, in the county ofAlachua and State of Florida, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Tying Devices;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to parcel ties and has for an object to provide anew and improved tie for quickly and securely tying a parcel as forinstance, a bundle of letters with the least possible number of motionsand the least possible wear upon the cord emiployed.

further object of the invention is to provide in a parcel tie, a devicequickly adjusted to a parcel and providing means for exerting tension tothe cord for tightening the parcel.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention comprises certainnovel constructions, combinations and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the initial motion and position inplacing the tie upon a parcel;

Fig. 2 is the second position the cord having passed one way entirelyaround the parcel and about the parcel tie and at right angles thereto;

Fig. 3 is the third position after the cord has been passed both waysabout the parcel and about the tie and is in position for exerting thestress .for tightening the parcel;

Fig. 4 is a position after the parcel has been tightened and the cordbeing drawn into the clamp; v

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the tied with the improved parcel tie;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the parcel tie member enlarged;

Fig. 7 is a top plan view of the parceltie member showing the cord intying position associated therewith but no parcel;

parcel Fig. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view responding partsthroughout the several Be it known that I, JEFFERSON E. GATES,

views.

The improved parcel tie which forms the subject matter of thisapplication comprises a plate 10 having at one end an opening preferablyprovided with an eyelet 11 in which a cord 12 is secured in any approvedmanner as by tying as indicated at 13. At the end of the plate 10opposite the eyelet 11 a thumb disk 14 is positioned, the utility ofwhich will be readily apparent by examinin Figs. 1 e04 inclusive.

Iidway the ends of the plates 10 a mutilated disk 15 is provided havinga hub 16 spacing the disk away from the plate 10 a suflicient distanceto permit the cord 12 to be wound about the hub 16 for the purpose oftightening. The mutilation of the disk 15 consists of a notch 17 formedin one side corresponding to one of the lateral sides of the plate 10.The disk 15 and hub 16 are secured to the plate 10 in any approvedmanner as by a rivet 18 having an enlarged head 19 and square in crosssection.

Upon the rivet 18 a disk 20 is loosely and slidably mounted, such diskbeing provided with a sleeve hub 21, with a spring 22 disposed withinthe sleeve hub 21 and hearing at one end against the head 19 and at theother end against the disk 20 tending to move the said disk toward thedisk 15, the said disk 20 with the spring 22 forming the clamp for thecord 12.

In operation the device is placed upon the parcel to be tied asindicated at Fig. 1 with the thumb of either hand engaging the thumbdisk 14 and the other hand carrying the cord 12 about the parcel andaboutthe hub 16 at right angles to the first run of the cord. In thissecond or right angular position the cord is again carried around theparcel as indicated at F ig. 2 to again engage about the hub 16 aboutwhich it is wound and the cord drawn in the reversed direction asindicated at Fig. 3. When the tightening has been accomplished the cordis again carried around the hub 16 in the same direction until itengages in the notch 17 when it passes above the disk 15 and betweensuch disl; 15 and clamp disk 20. It is wound about the rivet 18 betweenthe clamp disk 20 and the disk 15 once or as many times as may be founddesirable to effect the secure tying of the device or to dispose of theunnecessary lengths of cord.

To untie of course, the reverse motionlis b all that is required and thedevice is ready to be placed upon another parcel. e

What I claim is A cord fastener comprising a plate adapted at one endfor attachment to a piece of cord, and at its opposite end having athumb rest, a stem projecting from the top face of the plate, a lowerdisk securedtowthe stem 10 and spaced above the plate to enable the ,ezo

cord to be passed therebetween,a resilient clamping member on the stemabove the lower disk to's frietionally' bind the inserted cord, and aslot'in said lower disk whereby the cord may be shifted from between the15 plate and disk to between the disk and clamping member.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

' JEFFERSON E. GATES.

